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Lilac mealybug

Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell, 1905)

Status not recordedinsects

The lilac mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 34 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

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Quick facts about the lilac mealybug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
34 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the lilac mealybug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The lilac mealybug is listed for 34 countries.

Papua New GuineaIndonesiaKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.ColombiaEl SalvadorGuyanaMozambiqueMadagascarCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamIndiaBangladeshBhutanAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiJapanYemen
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Bhutan
  4. Brunei
  5. Cambodia
  6. China
  7. Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  8. Colombia
  9. Comoros
  10. Dominican Republic
  11. El Salvador
  12. Guam
  13. Guyana
  14. Haiti
  15. Hong Kong SAR China
  16. India
  17. Indonesia
  18. Japan
  19. Kenya
  20. Madagascar
  21. Malaysia
  22. Maldives
  23. Mauritius
  24. Mozambique
  25. Myanmar (Burma)
  26. Northern Mariana Islands
  27. Papua New Guinea
  28. Philippines
  29. Seychelles
  30. Sri Lanka
  31. Taiwan
  32. Thailand
  33. Vietnam
  34. Yemen

Is the lilac mealybug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lilac mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPlanococcus
  7. SpeciesPlanococcus lilacinus (Cockerell, 1905)

Synonyms Dactylopius coffeae, Dactylopius crotonis, Planococcus indicus, Planococcus lilacicus, Planococcus lilacinti, Planococcus lilacius, Pseudococcus crotonis, Pseudococcus deceptor, Pseudococcus lilacinus, Pseudococcus tayabanus, Tylococcus mauritiensis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Coffee mealybugEnglish
  • Oriental cacao mealybugEnglish
  • Kaffee-SchmierlausGerman
  • cochinilla harinosa del caféSpanish
  • taiwan-kona-kaigaramushiroot
  • 咖啡臀紋粉介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lilac mealybug

Other species in the same genus Planococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the lilac mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lilac mealybug for 34 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei and Cambodia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the lilac mealybug?

The lilac mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lilac mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lilac-mealybug

MLA

“Lilac mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lilac-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{lilac_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Lilac mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lilac-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}